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Showing 61 reviews
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Best thing
Free food on shift
50% off everything
Friendly staff
Very flexible shiftsWorst thing
Stressful when understaffed
Pizza Express Waitress, January 2023
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Best thing
Supporting colleges
Worst thing
Customers staying late as I finish when everything is done/cleaned
Pizza Express Cleaner, January 2023
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Best thing
Nee experiences
Worst thing
Long hours and no paid travailing
Pizza Express Employee, December 2022
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Best thing
The food
Worst thing
The unreliability of team, the lack of pay, the lack of opportunities to progress within my store, the unpaid breaks and the rota is awful
Pizza Express Chef, December 2022
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Best thing
The people
Worst thing
Overworked, unfair shift patterns, poorly organised shifts, lack of sympathy from managers, understaffed all the time, poorly trained staff, the list goes on ….
Pizza Express Shift manager, December 2022
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Best thing
The work mates
Worst thing
The manger
Pizza Express Employee, November 2022
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Best thing
Good friends made for life
Worst thing
Lack of support from management when needed
Pizza Express Shift manager, October 2022
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Best thing
Helping the customers
Worst thing
The pay isn’t the best and I find it worrying when I Finnish late at night
Pizza Express Waitress, October 2022
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Best thing
free food
Worst thing
rude managers and horrible customers
Pizza Express Waitress, September 2022
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Best thing
Never bored as its normally busy, once you get to know people they become like family
Worst thing
Being 1 of 2 trained chefs it's very tiring closing everyday, current general manager increases stress, disrespectful at times
Pizza Express Employee, September 2022
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Best thing
The team that I work with us the best part of the job
Worst thing
The constant stress and lack of resources and communication, i.e always running out of food
Pizza Express Chef, August 2022
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Best thing
The coworkers are so friendly and you learn easily from people.
Worst thing
Rude customers, you can get tangled up easily (making deserts along with drinks)
Pizza Express Waitress, August 2022
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Best thing
Free food and working with some good people
Worst thing
The manager, rotas, stressful
Pizza Express Chef, August 2022
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Best thing
My co workers are amazing, helpful and friendly. There is a real sense of team. I also enjoy the interaction I have with customers.
Worst thing
Having to juggle many roles at once, like making drinks for customers, taking orders, cleaning tables, making desserts for customers and taking payments all at once !
Pizza Express waitress, August 2022
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Best thing
discount, friends you make
Worst thing
manager not respecting you
Pizza Express Waitress, July 2022
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Best thing
The team
Worst thing
Some managers aren't too good
Pizza Express Front of house, July 2022
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Best thing
The people is like family
Training & incentivesWorst thing
Labour cutting from the hierarchy
Closing down processes when understaffedPizza Express Chef, July 2022
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Best thing
good hours
ok payWorst thing
managers are rude
staff are disrespectfulPizza Express Bartender, July 2022
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Best thing
Cooking is enjoyable
Friendly Environment
Staff Discount
Staff / Free FoodWorst thing
Team are hardly a team at all. A lot of rumour spreading, slander etc.
People who are lower than the store manager taking control of things that should be the manager's decision.
Favouritism.
No consistency in shifts.
Pizza Express Employee, July 2022
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Best thing
Genuinely good company to work for, the food, discount and overall more liberal approach to service is fun
Worst thing
Individual team members or managers can be annoying but that is to be expected. Head office is very disconnected and is evident that they care little about their employees
Pizza Express Waiter waitress, June 2022
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Best thing
Easy to get to, good team to work with
Worst thing
Stress, passive aggressive managers
Pizza Express Assistant manager, June 2022
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Best thing
£10 a hour at 17, 50% discount, able to change shifts easily, managers are lovely, other staff are nice. Paid overtime, paid break, paid holiday.
Worst thing
Stressful when working, heavy workload on busy days, no sick pay
Pizza Express Employee, June 2022
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Best thing
easy to do
Worst thing
unreasonable hours
Pizza Express Team member, May 2022
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Best thing
Free food on shift
Worst thing
Left to do everything.
Paid the same as people who do nothing.
Not enough breaks.
Too many hours.
Disrespect from co-workers and managers : including insults.
Do not take into account I am in full education.Pizza Express Employee, May 2022
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Best thing
Get on with every one I work with in general and have met some amazing people, Busy most of the time so time flysheet and tips can be good,
> Busy 90% of the time so never
Really get bored & time flys
> Tips can be good
> I get on great with all of my
Co-workers (Feels like a Family unit)
> Generally quite relaxed attitude
with most things if you do your job
thingsWorst thing
> Short notice on Rotas
> Differing levels of job pridePizza Express Employee, May 2022
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Best thing
Lovely Managers
Staff all get along very well
Managers encourage development in careerWorst thing
May have to work extra hours however its paid
Super busy
Pizza Express Waitress, May 2022
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Best thing
The team
The regular customers
Building of confidenceWorst thing
Staff not being in
Rude customersPizza Express Waitress, April 2022
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Best thing
50%staff discount
Worst thing
- Management is a joke
- staff mess around and talk too much they even vape in potwash!
- bullying in a work place
- no help if busyPizza Express Cleaner, March 2022
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Best thing
Discount
People you work with
TipsWorst thing
Management are unaware of how bad they are - set unreal expectations of you but never drive changes themselves.
Pizza Express Waitress, March 2022
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Best thing
The staff are amazing they’re like family. Everyone is kind, funny and very welcoming. You get awesome tips if you’re attentive and friendly to customers.
Worst thing
Saturday lunch rush :)
Pizza Express Waitress, March 2022
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Best thing
Friendly team
Good food
Hands onWorst thing
Can be stressful
BusyPizza Express Employee, February 2022
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Best thing
Staff discount, free food on shift, the mangers, the pay
Worst thing
Stressful customers, understaffed, long hours
Pizza Express Waitress, February 2022
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Best thing
The team spirit
Worst thing
No consideration for first time parents
Pizza Express Cleaner, February 2022
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Best thing
Coworkers are chill and easy to get on with
Worst thing
It gets hot
Pizza Express Chef, January 2022
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Best thing
the customers and the friends i’ve made there
Worst thing
sexual harassment
Pizza Express Front of house, January 2022
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Best thing
The team
Customers
Transferable skillsWorst thing
Stress
No respect from managers
Often understaffed which can be detrimental to completing tasks and customers feeling satisfied
Only recieve 50% of card tips plus taxPizza Express Waiter waitress, January 2022
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Best thing
Getting to talk to all the costumers
The discountWorst thing
Some people are cliquey
The STRESSSS!!!
Underpaid for everything we have to doPizza Express Waitress, December 2021
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Best thing
the people and getting to keep tips
Worst thing
hours and being asked to stay longer
Pizza Express Front of house, December 2021
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Best thing
Discount, other staff members, free food
Worst thing
Not provided with equipment like gloves for washing, scary managers
Pizza Express Kitchen assistant, December 2021
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Best thing
Discount, keep all cash tips.
Worst thing
Minimum wage
Pizza Express Waitress, December 2021
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Best thing
The team and the people
Worst thing
Managers
Little breaks for long shifts
Working 11 hours for a week straight
Card gratuity split
StressPizza Express Waiter, December 2021
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Best thing
free food, good pay for age, nice people
Worst thing
unachievable daily standards
Pizza Express Chef, December 2021
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Best thing
staff members that stay are normally great and easy to develop friendships
Worst thing
management don’t coordinate and staff turn over is immense
Pizza Express Waiter, December 2021
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Best thing
Free food
Worst thing
Stressful
Long shiftsPizza Express Waitress, December 2021
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Worst thing
long shifts and rushes but it’s manageable
Pizza Express Employee, December 2021
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Best thing
I would say the people that you meet and getting to eat for free
Worst thing
A complete lack of care from management on changing your rota without asking sometimes the restaurant is too busy to even take a break, the work is very stressful and the complete random hours some weeks I am 38 hours and some I can be nearer to 70
Pizza Express Employee, December 2021
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Best thing
Staff discount, flexible hours
Worst thing
Not appreciated for the hard work you do
Pizza Express Employee, December 2021
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Best thing
Free meal
Worst thing
Too many hours
Pizza Express General manager, November 2021
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Best thing
Making pizzas
Worst thing
You have to learn all the ingredients especially during every season they bring out new recipes and ingredients so it could be hard to manage for students. Poor training management and performance of employees.
Pizza Express Employee, October 2021
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Best thing
Colleagues
Worst thing
Hours, pay & lack of support
Pizza Express Restaurant manager, August 2021